On May 11, 9:59 pm, Kayama <yano...@earth.ocn.ne.jp> wrote:> If we can use the expression -1=e^{i\pi}, we can show> -1*-1=e^{i\pi}*e^{i\pi}=1 readily:>> if we rotate once 1 (the vector 01) by \pi rad around the origin anticlockwise on the complex plane, we obtain> -1. Further likewise if we rotate -1 by \pi rad once more, we can obtain -1*-1=1.>> At least I understand -1*-1=1 in this way.>> In that way we can obtain i (imaginary unit), if we rotate 1 by \pi/2 around the origin anticlockwise.>> If we cannnot allow to use the expression -1=e^[i\pi}, I don't understand -1*-1=1 vividly.